The Federal Trade Commission has asked Brocade to give it more information over its proposed acquisition of enterprise storage rival McData.

The FTC made its request under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act to examine the deal for potential anti-trust implications, but this looks pretty much par for the takeover course.

Brocade today confirmed (http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=90440&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=911450&highlight=) its expectation that the deal will close as early as its first quarter of fiscal year 2007, ending January 27, 2007.

The company announced its intention to buy McData, in a $713m all-stock deal, in August. It intends to wield the axe post merger, looking to shave $100m in annual costs. ®

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